FOR THE HISTORY OF THE OF THE OCCUPIED GEORGIAN TSKHINVALI’S LITERARY AND CULTURAL LIFE (The end of the XIX century and the beginning of the XX century)

Abstract

Basishvili, son of Samson Antoni, was one of the interesting figures in the literary and literary arena of the 19th-20th centuries of the Tskhinvali region. He was born next to Tskhinvali, village in kurta. In the population census of 1860 village Eight Basishvili households are mentioned in Kurta (naturally, the records indicate that they are ethnic Georgians). The surname of Basishvili is mentioned in many historical documents of previous centuries. In particular, the book of “sitarkhani” issued by Levan Machabeli to Meladze is dated to the first half of the 18th century, in the list of witnesses of which Katsia Basishvili is mentioned, as well as from Parsa of 1714 and Levan Machabli is the witness of the purchase book of Alkhaz Machabeli and Beri Akhalkatsisshvili. Sekhnia Basishvili is mentioned next to Ivane Maisuradze, Giorgi Goginashvili, Beri Mamukashvili and others, in the same document, "Sulkheli, Erpir Bassishvili" and others are generally mentioned as witnesses. (see tabuashvili, 2013) In Kurta, the representatives of this family were referred to as "Priests". Anton Basishvili (priest), Manase Basishvili (priest) and Samson Basishvili (priest) were buried in the yard of the Church of the Mother of God of Kurta. This last one was the person to whom we would like to draw the reader's attention today. S. Basishvili had close, friendly relations with his contemporary writers and public figures. He was engaged in active creative and journalistic activities. In his own publications, he often wrote about the ongoing processes in his native village, agricultural works, lack of educational institutions, etc. In addition to his clerical and publicist work, Samson Basishvili was actively involved in the cultural life of the region. His name is repeatedly found in the archive materials of the Tskhinvali branch of the Society for Spreading Literacy among Georgians.